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Pathways between digital activity and depressed mood in adolescence: outlining a developmental model integrating risk, reactivity, resilience and reciprocity (2024)
Journal Article
Sonuga-Barke, E. J., Stoilova, M., Kostyrka-Allchorne, K., Bourgaize, J., Murray, A., Tan, M. P., Hollis, C., Townsend, E., & Livingstone, S. (2024). Pathways between digital activity and depressed mood in adolescence: outlining a developmental model integrating risk, reactivity, resilience and reciprocity. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 58, Article 101411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101411

Digital technology use (i.e. digital activity) has been proposed to contribute to a decline in adolescents’ mental health. We present a new model of how risky digital activity may increase depressed mood via reciprocal pathways, cre... Read More about Pathways between digital activity and depressed mood in adolescence: outlining a developmental model integrating risk, reactivity, resilience and reciprocity.

A systematic review and narrative synthesis exploring the relationship between friendships and peer relationships, and self-harm ideation and behaviour among young people (2024)
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Bilello, D., Townsend, E., Broome, M. R., Armstrong, G., & Burnett Heyes, S. A systematic review and narrative synthesis exploring the relationship between friendships and peer relationships, and self-harm ideation and behaviour among young people

Friendships and peer relationships have an important role in the experience of self-harm ideation and behaviour in young people, yet they typically remain overlooked. The present systematic review and narrative synthesis explore the extant literature... Read More about A systematic review and narrative synthesis exploring the relationship between friendships and peer relationships, and self-harm ideation and behaviour among young people.

A Developmental Trajectory of Latent Inhibition (2024)
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Haselgrove, M., & Mah, S. L. (2024). A Developmental Trajectory of Latent Inhibition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 50(3), 186-196. https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000381

Latent inhibition is said to occur when learning about the relationship between a cue and an outcome proceeds more readily when the cue is novel relative to when the cue has been rendered familiar through mere preexposure. Previous studies suggest th... Read More about A Developmental Trajectory of Latent Inhibition.

The impacts associated with having ADHD: an umbrella review (2024)
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French, B., Nalbant, G., Wright, H., Sayal, K., Daley, D., Groom, M. J., …Hall, C. L. (2024). The impacts associated with having ADHD: an umbrella review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, Article 1343314. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1343314

Introduction: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects up to 5% of the population and is characterised by symptoms of impulsivity, hyperactivity and inattention. These symptoms are significantly impairing and carry additional risks for... Read More about The impacts associated with having ADHD: an umbrella review.

Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index (2024)
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James, R. J., Tillsley, J. E., Hitcham, L., Mou, C., Kim, H., & Tunney, R. J. (in press). Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index. Addiction Research and Theory, https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2024.2352094

Background
The Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) is a widely used assessment of disordered gambling. However, it has been claimed that instead of measuring a single factor of problem gambling severity, the PGSI measures two correlated factors o... Read More about Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index.

Reinforcement learning when your life depends on it: a neuro-economic theory of learning (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Jiang, J., Foyard, E., & van Rossum, M. C. Reinforcement learning when your life depends on it: a neuro-economic theory of learning

Synaptic plasticity enables animals to adapt to their environment, but memory formation can consume a substantial amount of metabolic energy, potentially impairing survival. Hence, a neuro-economic dilemma arises whether learning is a profitable inve... Read More about Reinforcement learning when your life depends on it: a neuro-economic theory of learning.

Collective plasticity of binocular interactions in the adult visual system (2024)
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Wang, M., McGraw, P. V., & Ledgeway, T. (2024). Collective plasticity of binocular interactions in the adult visual system. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 10494. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57276-8

Binocular visual plasticity can be initiated via either bottom-up or top-down mechanisms, but it is unknown if these two forms of adult plasticity can be independently combined. In seven participants with normal binocular vision, sensory eye dominanc... Read More about Collective plasticity of binocular interactions in the adult visual system.

Emotional Responses to Aesthetically Integrated and Standard Subtitles in a Fantasy-Thriller Audiovisual Context (2024)
Journal Article
Leveridge, F., Mével, P.-A., & Tsikandilakis, M. (2024). Emotional Responses to Aesthetically Integrated and Standard Subtitles in a Fantasy-Thriller Audiovisual Context. Journal of Audiovisual Translation, 7(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.47476/jat.v7i1.2024.266

Situated at the intersection of Psychology, Film Studies, Accessibility Studies and Translation Studies, this article investigates the emotional correlates of two types of subtitles (standard and aesthetically integrated) on audiences in the context... Read More about Emotional Responses to Aesthetically Integrated and Standard Subtitles in a Fantasy-Thriller Audiovisual Context.

Age Deficits in Associative Memory Are Not Alleviated by Multisensory Paradigms (2024)
Journal Article
Badham, S. P., Atkin, C., Stacey, J. E., Henshaw, H., Allen, H. A., & Roberts, K. L. (2024). Age Deficits in Associative Memory Are Not Alleviated by Multisensory Paradigms. Journals of Gerontology, Series B, 79(7), Article gbae063. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae063

OBJECTIVES: Age deficits in memory are widespread, this affects individuals at a personal level, and investigating memory has been a key focus in cognitive aging research. Age deficits occur in memory for an episode, where information from the enviro... Read More about Age Deficits in Associative Memory Are Not Alleviated by Multisensory Paradigms.

Approaching future rewards or waiting for them to arrive: Spatial representations of time and intertemporal choice (2024)
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Fletcher, D., Houghton, R., & Spence, A. (2024). Approaching future rewards or waiting for them to arrive: Spatial representations of time and intertemporal choice. PLoS ONE, 19(4), Article e0301781. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301781

Our mental representation of the passage of time is structured by concepts of spatial motion, including an ego-moving perspective in which the self is perceived as approaching future events and a time-moving perspective in which future events are per... Read More about Approaching future rewards or waiting for them to arrive: Spatial representations of time and intertemporal choice.

The Three Rs of Fear Messaging in a Global Pandemic: Recommendations, Ramifications and Remediation (2024)
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Dodsworth, L., Ahearne, G., Dingwall, R., Easthope, L., Riordan, M., & Townsend, E. (2024). The Three Rs of Fear Messaging in a Global Pandemic: Recommendations, Ramifications and Remediation. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31(2), Article e2972. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2972

Introduction: We consider the UK Independent Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours' (SPI‐B) support for fear messaging during the global COVID‐19 pandemic, evaluate the consequences and make recommendations for the future. Analysis: Using... Read More about The Three Rs of Fear Messaging in a Global Pandemic: Recommendations, Ramifications and Remediation.

The relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability and social perceptions (2024)
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Alkhaldi, R. S., Sheppard, E., Ellerby, Z., Burdett, E. R. R., & Mitchell, P. (2024). The relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability and social perceptions. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0301003. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301003

This study investigated the relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability (both actual and perceived), social favourability, and likability. Sixty participants designated as ‘targets’ were video recorded in a range of social scena... Read More about The relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability and social perceptions.

Further exploring the impact of cumulative lifetime adversity on life satisfaction, psychological flourishing, and depressive symptoms (2024)
Journal Article
Bossert, S. A., Jayawickreme, E., Blackie, L. E., & Cole, V. T. (2024). Further exploring the impact of cumulative lifetime adversity on life satisfaction, psychological flourishing, and depressive symptoms. Journal of Research in Personality, 110, Article 104488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104488

Current research provides conflicting views of the relationship between cumulative lifetime adversity and dispositional functioning. We examined this relationship in a sample of adults (N = 1009), conducting the analysis three ways: by utilizing a su... Read More about Further exploring the impact of cumulative lifetime adversity on life satisfaction, psychological flourishing, and depressive symptoms.

Precision computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for adolescents with depression: a pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol for SPARX-UK (2024)
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Khan, K., Hall, C. L., Babbage, C., Dodzo, S., Greenhalgh, C., Lucassen, M., …Hollis, C. (2024). Precision computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for adolescents with depression: a pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol for SPARX-UK. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 10(1), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-024-01475-7

Background : A serious game called SPARX (Smart, Positive, Active, Realistic, X-factor thoughts), originally developed in New Zealand and incorporating cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) principles, has been shown to help reduce symptoms of depressi... Read More about Precision computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for adolescents with depression: a pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol for SPARX-UK.

Tracking subjects' strategies in behavioural choice experiments at trial resolution. (2024)
Journal Article
Maggi, S., Hock, R. M., O'Neill, M., Buckley, M. J., Moran, P. M., Bast, T., …Humphries, M. D. (2024). Tracking subjects' strategies in behavioural choice experiments at trial resolution. eLife, 13, Article e86491. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.86491

Investigating how, when, and what subjects learn during decision-making tasks requires tracking their choice strategies on a trial-by-trial basis. Here we present a simple but effective probabilistic approach to tracking choice strategies at trial re... Read More about Tracking subjects' strategies in behavioural choice experiments at trial resolution..

Patterns of affective images of animal-sourced food in Norway: Land versus sea (2024)
Journal Article
Böhm, N., Doran, R., Böhm, G., & Ogunbode, C. A. (2024). Patterns of affective images of animal-sourced food in Norway: Land versus sea. Food Quality and Preference, 117, Article 105168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2024.105168

To get an understanding of drivers of animal-sourced protein consumption, we explored laypeople's affective images of animal-sourced food. A national representative sample of the Norwegian population (N = 783) provided free associations to six food p... Read More about Patterns of affective images of animal-sourced food in Norway: Land versus sea.

Measurement properties of tools used to assess self-harm in autistic and general population adults (2024)
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Newell, V., Townsend, E., Richards, C., & Cassidy, S. (2024). Measurement properties of tools used to assess self-harm in autistic and general population adults. Clinical Psychology Review, 109, Article 102412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102412

Autistic people are at increased risk of experiencing self-harm compared to the general population. However, it is unclear which tools are being used to assess self-harm in autistic people, or whether existing tools need to be adapted for this group.... Read More about Measurement properties of tools used to assess self-harm in autistic and general population adults.

The development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior: Protocol for Wave 1 data collection with children and parents by the Developing Belief Network (2024)
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Weisman, K., Ghossainy, M. E., Williams, A. J., Payir, A., Lesage, K. A., Reyes-Jaquez, B., … Developing Belief Network, . D. B. N. (2024). The development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior: Protocol for Wave 1 data collection with children and parents by the Developing Belief Network. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0292755. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/wkjgs

The Developing Belief Network is a consortium of researchers studying human development in diverse social-cultural settings, with a focus on the interplay between general cognitive development and culturally specific processes of socialization and cu... Read More about The development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior: Protocol for Wave 1 data collection with children and parents by the Developing Belief Network.

Young dictators—Speaking about oneself decreases generosity in children from two cultural contexts (2024)
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Weltzien, S., Marsh, L., Kanngiesser, P., & Hood, B. (2024). Young dictators—Speaking about oneself decreases generosity in children from two cultural contexts. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0300200. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300200

Sharing of resources is a common feature of human societies. Yet, there is substantial societal variation in children’s generosity, and this variation emerges during middle childhood. Societal differences in self-construal orientation may be one fact... Read More about Young dictators—Speaking about oneself decreases generosity in children from two cultural contexts.